Method of Protecting a Cabinet

ABSTRACT

A method of protecting a cabinet includes the positioning of a liner on a bottom wall of a cabinet. The cabinet has a top wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends between the top and bottom walls. The perimeter wall has a front side is open. At least one door is mounted on the perimeter wall to selectively open or close the front side. The liner includes a lower wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the lower wall.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Field of the Disclosure

The disclosure relates to cabinet wall protecting devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new cabinet wall protecting device forpreventing an interior of a cabinet from being damaged from water orchemical leakage.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising the positioning of a liner on a bottom wall of acabinet. The cabinet has a top wall and a perimeter wall that isattached to and extends between the top and bottom walls. The perimeterwall has a front side is open. At least one door is mounted on theperimeter wall to selectively open or close the front side. The linerincludes a lower wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to andextends upwardly from the lower wall. The liner comprises an elastomericmaterial.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a method of protecting a cabinetaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosuretaken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a front in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through5 thereof, a new cabinet wall protecting device embodying the principlesand concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designatedby the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5, the method of protecting acabinet 10 generally comprises positioning of a liner 12 on a bottomwall 14 of a cabinet 16. The cabinet 16 may be any conventional cabinetand has a top wall 18 and a perimeter wall 20 that is attached to andextends between the top 18 and bottom 14 walls. The perimeter wall 20has a front side that is open. At least one door, not shown, may bemounted on the perimeter wall 20 to selectively open or close the frontside. The cabinet 16 may include a sink 22 wherein the sink 22 may formall or a portion of the top wall of the cabinet 16.

The liner 12 includes a lower wall 24 and a peripheral wall 26 that isattached to and extends upwardly from the lower wall 24. The lower wall24 abuts and covers at least 90% of an upper surface 28 of the bottomwall 14. The peripheral wall 26 extends above a top side 30 of the lowerwall 24 between 0.5 inches and 1.0 inch. Such a height will retainfluids within the liner 12 while not inhibiting the positioning of itemson the lower wall 24. The liner 12 comprises an elastomeric materialthat is resiliently bendable.

The lower wall 24 has a pair of opposite edges 32, 34 and top side 30 ofthe lower wall 24 is sloped from one of the opposite edges 32 to anotherone of the opposite edges 34. The opposite edges 32, 34 may include aforward edge and a rearward edge or a first a lateral edge and a secondlateral edge. By sloping the top side 30, fluids held by the liner 12will pool to one edge and thereby facilitate being easily observable andnoticed. The slop may be very slight and be less than 5° of slope.

In use, the liner 12 is placed within a cabinet 16 to prevent fluidsfrom damaging the bottom wall 14 of the cabinet 16. While the Figuresdepict a leaking sink 22 for instance, the liner 12 may be used to holdcleaning containers and the like to prevent their spillage or leakageonto the bottom wall 14. Additionally, wet footwear or other non-drymaterials may be placed on the liner 12 where they may dry withoutdamaging the cabinet 16.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A method of protecting a housing from fluid damagecomprising the step positioning of a liner on a bottom wall of acabinet, said cabinet having a top wall and a perimeter wall beingattached to and extending between said top and bottom walls, saidperimeter wall having a front side being open, at least one door beingmounted on said perimeter wall to selectively open or close said frontside, said liner including a lower wall and a peripheral wall beingattached to and extending upwardly from said lower wall, said linercomprising an elastomeric material.
 2. A method of protecting a housingfrom fluid damage comprising the step positioning of a liner on a bottomwall of a cabinet, said cabinet having a top wall and a perimeter wallbeing attached to and extending between said top and bottom walls, saidperimeter wall having a front side being open, at least one door beingmounted on said perimeter wall to selectively open or close said frontside, said liner including a lower wall and a peripheral wall beingattached to and extending upwardly from said lower wall, said lower wallabutting and covering at least 90% of an upper surface of said bottomwall, said peripheral wall extending above a top side of said lower wallbetween 0.5 inches and 1.0 inch, said liner comprising an elastomericmaterial.
 3. A method of protecting a housing from fluid damagecomprising the step positioning of a liner on a bottom wall of acabinet, said cabinet having a top wall and a perimeter wall beingattached to and extending between said top and bottom walls, saidperimeter wall having a front side being open, at least one door beingmounted on said perimeter wall to selectively open or close said frontside, said liner including a lower wall and a peripheral wall beingattached to and extending upwardly from said lower wall, said lower wallabutting and covering at least 90% of an upper surface of said bottomwall, said peripheral wall extending above a top side of said lower wallbetween 0.5 inches and 1.0 inch, said liner comprising an elastomericmaterial, said lower wall having a pair of opposite edges, said top sideof said lower wall being sloped from one of said opposite edges toanother one of said opposite edges.